New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-29
rur CALIFORNIA WINE LAW.
ro PREVENT ADULTERArION-A
1H nrw SYSTEM OF WEATHER REPoKIs'
rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE fhinoN

To- %.
- the wheat growers, orcharoiS's anu ',re' go,
70 llo w." has been done by NJ III. De Young
pf oan .pbe Chronicle This is his offer
pfopio,,; .t signal stations on this coast II the
10 o''" Ill furnish the instruments. The ofier' ~
p"i e""d,sss to say, was promptly accepted oy
- T.oo,, and the stations will be fitted ou'
D's. as possible The points suggested lor
,ooation are Cape Mendocino, Santa hosa'
.' Monterey Fresno San LUIS opiSpo'
st Cotton and Carson, Nevada Inc wea'iiei
st;ons orc so peculiar in this State that the
..asont SIGNAL service is entirely Inadequate. N"
- warming of frost, cold rain OF hof'hei'
>, Nth many thousands of dollars 70 iaih1l'
"a fruit Growers 1t is the intention Oh MI 10
-, n have these warnings sent by wire " 'iio
80 ., the state threatened, ana 10 40 e'e''
80 in his power to bring the service 10 periec'
ton
ma, ,o,, state wine law, which goes into ciecV
-, s.oro tomorrow, is of great Importance
IN oro who deals in or who buys Caliofh'a
:. The law. besides provisions Tor lhe pun,
% odulteration, compelS The use oil
'Nl., ,oho,s unon all pure California Wines
- ,aho,s 70 he procured of the State Con'roner
80 ~ no furnished by him only on the sworn
,,a,oment of the wine grower or dealer 'iiaU io
,;res them for his own use, and Will hoO eNo'
,oan or sell them to another The labes VIII oo
,os,ed on the coros Of bottles and over the puhss
Of barrels so the purchaser OF California "liie IN
vyorl, after June should look lor Vih'
.obe, II he does not find it over The coih ho
may he sure he is not getting pure wine. Iins 10
the best scheme that has yet Deen ocN iSoo
IN drive out of the wine trade the cherrS juice
adulerators, and 1t is believed the penaities arc
soro,a enouOh to prevent the wholesale manuiact-
ure Of spnrious wine, which has been going on mere
for several years
Freder;c,, B. Perkins who was imported from
Rostou 70 become librarian of the free library here
xas fined twenty dollars in the Police Court this
week for roughly handling small BOY VINO Inaue
n noise on the stairs of the library PERKINS mas
made himself very unpopular by MS arplIrary CON
drct and lack of courtesy. Several unsuccessful
efforts have been made 10 Gust him from his POSI-
ton.
Tbroe largo new buildings are now partially COM
Melted on Market-st. and promise to add muoh 10
the architectural appearance OF this nam thorugn
fare. One is "The History Building" erected by
Hubert Howe Bancroft, mainly for the pupilca'ioh
of his great historical works. Another BUSINESS
block bnilt by Lucky" Baldwin near Seventh-st.
The third is a large block erected oy MIS- marh
uonl;ns at the corner of feminist. The walls OF
Iyood,s b,c buildinc at the corner of Fourth,st
o,enoyv nm and will be completed In rev months
Jt,s common iron front building ana the Only
ornament will be large groups OF statuary Oh INC
cornlcc.
Mrs Hopkins has endowed chair OF Mental ana
Moral Philosophy in Mills College across the pay,
TO he known the Mark Hopkins enalr, n ITnoi
The endowment fluid is 900. The new Pressii,,
dent of the college, the Rev. Dr. Stratton' VIII Ill
this chair
Toby Rosenthars painting, of Elaine" when
its frame bv thieves this city, and held lot seV
eral DAYS in prospect of reward Will soon De taken
East for exhibition.
Ex-senator William J.. Bostwick, OF Ithaca. \.
v passed through the city this week on his way 70
Ensepenada the Lower California colony Ill winch
he is interested. The colony IS having qulle
boom and has opened Offices IN San Diego 10 secure
recruits.
Nai,r Ratbbone. the new Consul General TO
Paris. left Thursday for Washington. His plans are
TO sail for France about June III.
W. H. Porter, who for many years has been audi
for of the Central Pacific Railroad mas oeoh APP
pointed by the Pacific Railroad lhVes,lea.sus I'm
mission an expert to examine the books OF inc co-
panies.
The capture of Hong Di the murderer or MIS-
Bllow, on the family ranch IN Colusa COMFY,
created a sensation Throughout NortaeIm a a. ~
MA Rewards of over 700 were offered LOT Hls
arrest and large bodies of men had Deon scOurIh2
the country for him for weeks. There now seems
TO be no question that ne YIN has Do ted so many con-
cting stories of the murder that no ceGe0ce f can
be given TO anything ne says. Inc . III
with my weaver farm hand on the Blllow ranch.
and while the family were At dinner he poked ms
rifle through crack III the door shot We4'e. 'nu
then shot Mrs Billow. Weaver, though badly
wounded, managed to shut ana bolt the door. Ihe
Chinaman then tried TO beat down the door VIII
an axe but failed lie then fred four shots through
the door when he left the house. One OF Mrs. BILL
lows daughters rau to neighbors for assistance,
while the other went 10 the front u0oI,
TO nee what had become OF the Chl-
naman He was changing MS SHOES
near the house. and before she could
retreat he fired at her. the bullet entering inc oooT
casing near her head. The crime seems as unpro~
yoked AS the murder of tho Wickersham family IN
Sonoma County by their Chinese cook, who was
tracked 10 Hong Kong. and committed suicide In
iail there.